The New Zealand representative will move across the ditch and play with the Warriors from 2018 after seeing out his contract at Melbourne Storm this year.

So what does this mean for the Warriors? And the Storm?

We’ve answered five burning questions.

WHY THE WARRIORS?

There’s a couple of important reasons Harris opted to join the Warriors over staying in Melbourne, and no doubt he had offers from elsewhere too.

The biggest drawcards are the location and the coach. Harris said his signing with the Warriors was him going “home” — he was born in Hastings, New Zealand and lived on the island before moving to Melbourne late in his teens to train with the Storm.

Craig Bellamy made the retention of Harris one of his priorities this year but ultimately lost out to his former deputy Kearney.

With Kevin Proctor moving to the Gold Coast over the off-season, Bellamy has lost his 2016 starting backrow when the club made the grand final.

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The club has already lost Kevin Proctor. Picture: Richard GoslingSource: News Corp Australia

Harris is without doubt one of the best in his trade. His left-edge combination with five-eighth Blake Green last year reaped eight tries for the big forward.

When he’s not running holes he can create them himself with surprising ball-playing ability. He wore the No.6 for New Zealand once during the Four Nations in November, and did so during the 2014 Anzac Test as well.

The Storm also lose reliability and consistency that comes hand-in-hand with Harris. He’s barely missed a game for the club over the past four years.

At just 25 years of age and with 103 NRL games already under his belt, Harris could have even been Melbourne’s next 300-game player. A future captain, maybe?

WHICH WARRIORS ARE IN THE FIRING LINE?

With Harris arriving on big coin, you can expect there will be a few nervous off-contract players at the club.

Ryan Hoffman’s deal is up at the end of the season and, despite his 33-year-old legs, wants to play on into 2018. If he moves elsewhere, his sizeable wage could conceivably go to Harris.

When Harris first burst onto the scene, he had quite a bit of offense in him - I'm remember him busting tackles, and breaking lines pretty regularly... here's hoping we'll see more of that in his game. A Bodene/Harris edge pairing could be really good, but we can't hide from that fact that Harris was honestly woeful for the Kiwis in the last Four Nations. I never want to see him in the centres again...

aah shit. sorry! guess the link doesnt retain the players selected and the stats categories. Just add Tohu Harris along with Mannering, Hoffman and Thompson and compare their stats across board. Wish it was by per game averages though.

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” ​

Idk man... Whenever Melbourne Players come here they get the "PLAYLIKESHITANDLEAVE" disease.
And as far as I know there is no known cure. (Although Scientists have reported there is this thing called "Hard Work" but I don't know it sounds risky)

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